Mike,
I have both a chrome, and a gold Sprite arrow from Moss for my bugeye, and they
both fit fine. I wonder what happened with yours.
Regards - Bryan
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>I remember buying a reproduction rear emblem (arrow) for my Bugeye from
>Moss. I went so far as to go to the Moss store in Goleta from San
>Bernardino for the express purpose to pick out the best rear emblem out
>of the bunch. I also needed a new exhaust pipe and did not want it cut
>in half to ship. When I returned home, the new repro would not fit the
>car. The spacing on the mounting pins was shorter than original. I
>would have to enlarge the holes in the rear deck lid of the car if I
>wanted to use it. Luckily, a few months later I found an original
>Sprite Arrow at an annual Mini swap meet here in Southern California.
>It fit perfectly, I only had to repaint it myself.
> Anyone need a repro arrow that doesn't quite fit?
>Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
>type79@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>>
>> How silly.
>>
>> The bidding has now reached $76.00!
>>
>> That's $76.00 for a box!
>>
>> If there has been one item that has continually been an acceptable
>> reproduction it is the
>> emblems, front AND rear for both the Bugeye and later Spridgets.
>>
>> I thought this one was out of the ballpark when bidding reached
>> $25.00.
>>
>> The repros are so accurate that for all anyone knows, this could be a
>> repro in an original box.
>>
>> Jay Fishbein
>>
>> dthompson@gbc.ca wrote:
>>
>> The latest item to go wild on eBay. I was knocked out of the bidding
>> a
>> long time ago.
>>
>> Daniel58612
>>
>> Title of item: austin healey bugeye sprite bonnet emblem NOS
>> Seller: crane@gloryroad.net
>> Starts: 12/19/99, 10:40:53 PST
>> Ends: 12/24/99, 10:40:53 PST
>> Price: Currently $62.01
>> To bid on the item, go to:
>>
>>
>> Item Description:
>> This is a NOS bonnet emblem for a bugeye sprite. As you can
>> see it is not a cheesy
>> reproduction and comes with its origional box.Money order prefered.
>> Checks must clear
>> before shipping. Happy bidding.
>> On 12/19/99 at 10:47:39 PST, seller added the following information:
>>
>> On 12/19/99 at 10:50:19 PST, seller added the following information:
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>> On 12/19/99 at 10:57:36 PST, seller added the following information:
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>> On 12/19/99 at 10:59:46 PST, seller added the following information:
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>> On 12/19/99 at 11:03:50 PST, seller added the following information:
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